Mr. Cassarino was born in Brooklyn and was always on the move, traveling back and forth between his homes in Staten Island and Mount Pocono, Pa., and wintering in West Palm Beach.

He graduated from Lafayette High School, Brooklyn and attended New York City Community College.

Mr. Cassarino served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1952, stationed in Korea, and saw duty in the early fighting on Pork Chop Hill. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

In the early 1960s, he and his father owned the Villa Roma Catering Hall on 18th Avenue in Brooklyn. From the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, he also owned Sal’s Luncheonette, across the street from John Dewey High School in Brooklyn.

He retired in 1997.

In Pennsylvania, Mr. Cassarino was a member of Order Sons of Italy.

Being with his family and cooking were his favorite activities.

“His grandchildren were his reason for being, he took great pride in what they did,” said his daughter, Patricia Stucker.

Mr. Cassarino’s wife of 51 years, the former Rose Ann Gambale, died in 2008.

Along with his daughter Patricia, surviving are his sister, Concetta Salvo, and three grandchildren.

The funeral will be Saturday from the Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home, Tottenville, with a mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Thomas Apostle R.C. Church, Pleasant Plains. Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, also Pleasant Plains.